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    Unironically, what about Blizz?

  • Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml
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    photograph of a bird. wikipedia's caption for this photo is "Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) in the Duisburg Zoo, Germany"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bustards

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    Jean-Luc Pic

  • Chais@sh.itjust.works
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    Also

    • dull
    • boll
    • mall
    • stand
  • insufferableninja@sh.itjust.works
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    My brain feels Expandard

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      The exact sentence I came to post. Apparently we all think alike.

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        Thirded.

        • kionay@lemmy.world
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          Thirdard*

      • AlfalFaFail@lemmy.ml
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        Alikeard if you ask me.

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    ahh so that’s why charizard is so hot

    • tryagain@sopuli.xyz
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      ¡Más chorizo!

    • BigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.world
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      👏👏👏

  • jedibob5@lemmy.world
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    So a lizard must be an excess of Liz?

    • Asetru@feddit.org
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      And a leopard?

    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
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      Oh no, people are gonna start being called “Rizzards” soon.

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        I’ve always had a soft spot for the word rizz. Not just is it a shortening of charisma, so more sensible than other zoomer words, but I grew up playing D&D, where wisdom is frequently shortened to Wis, and Cha is bad to say and doesn’t rhyme.

      • atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone
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        language evolves; it will transform intro “Lizards”

        this actually the plan of The Government™ ran by evil reptilian people

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      The opposite of Thin Lizzy.

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      There used to be a lot of excess Lizzo, but she lost weight on GLP1s, like everybody else in Hollywood.

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    Hazard is apparently too much danger

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    Where’s the custard?

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      Shit piss fuck cunt cocksucker motherfucker tits fart turd and twat

      There you go. I cust too much.

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        I will always appreciate the blink182 version

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    Today I learned I might be too ret.

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      The root means “slow”, BTW, so it does get to join that list.

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        I’m no expert at this, but it seems to be the suffix here is ‘tard’ not ‘ard’, coming from Latin.

        The root already has tard in it, from Latin retardare. It also has the word tard in it, French for late. Retard also means late in French.

        Does anyone here know? This post also had me wondering about retard.

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    They bring up wizard… But what about bards?

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      They are just Too much… Ask every DnD Master.

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      Too b or not too b

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    HarvARD

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    I love etymology

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      Me too! Bugs are great.

      https://xkcd.com/1012/

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        people who confuse entomology and etymology bug me in ways i can’t put into words

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          classic

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        Etymology
        : A branch of linguistics concerned with etymologies (origin/history of words)

        Entomology
        : A branch of zoology that deals with insects

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          https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1012:_Wrong_Superhero

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      Why?

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    So Richard is too rich? Is that why he’s a Dick?

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    It’s not “too” something; it’s just being strong (hardy) or remarkable in that trait. A lot of sources list it as derogatory, but it isn’t so in all instances of use.

    A wizard is not too wise, but very wise. Renard or Reinhardt is someone who gives good advice or makes good decisions.

    The “must” in mustard is juice and pulp which you intend to ferment, because grape must was an ingredient. There’s a lot of debate over whether the “ard” is the one in this post or ardens (burning).

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      The “must” in mustard is juice and pulp which you intend to ferment, because grape must was an ingredient. There’s a lot of debate over whether the “ard” is the one in this post or ardens (burning).

      So the mustard seed was named after (as in post) the condiment?

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        Yes. It’s not too unusual for that sort of thing to happen. Feverfew and lungwort are plants named after their medicinal uses, and the tea plant and rubber tree are named for what they produce. Wheat means white, referring to the ground flour.

        A lot of things might have had other names before a use was discovered, or they just might not have been named by anyone yet. I think most plants have probably had lots of different regional names within the same language. Flowers seem to collect a lot of names; I think they make us poetic because they tended to interact with human culture in many ways.

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      “Wizard” historically had a negative connotation though.

      It’s to be expected that an old suffix can have multiple meanings.

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        It could have a negative connotation. One could be a genuine wise man or essentially a snake oil salesman, so the word could be applied in both ways. It’s like how we use “genius” as an insult; we’re using the word in an ironic and sarcastic way.

        Here is a collection of various uses throughout history:

        https://www.oed.com/dictionary/wizard_n?tab=meaning_and_use

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      A wizard is not too wise, but very wise.

      Thanks, that one was strangard.

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      Renard

      A fox!

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbXiG9lTwAM

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